Nobody has a problem with people greiving, or burying the dead, but for God’s sake He gave people a brain, and they need to use it.
Pay respects, but if you kiss Unle NooNoo goodbye and everybody who did that winds up with Ebola and is dying, for God sake don’t be stupid and kiss one of them when THEY die.
It ain’t rocket science...
It ain’t rocket science...
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...... but it is a more primitive, much less educated culture and that matters in their lack of understanding. Most of these folks don’t ‘get’ viruses or the concept of something being infectious. From the article:
“Telling this to the families of deceased is one thing—making sure they understand is entirely another. In Sierra Leone, a country whose literacy rate in 2013 was just over 35 percent, it’s particularly challenging. In neighboring Guinea and Liberia, two places with similar levels of poverty and illiteracy, education alone isn’t a viable solution either.”